8 THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



Wrap the tinsel over and over five or six turns 

 around the shank of the hook between the barb 

 and point, catch the loose end with the plyers 

 and let it hang. Unwind the tying silk and 

 fasten the tinsel with three turns of the silk and 

 cut off the surplus tinsel. 



Then tie in the herl at its point over the 

 fastening of the tinsel with three turns of silk, 

 after you have previously bunched and drawn 

 them between your thumb and finger from the 

 point to the butt to make it bushy. Now twist 

 the herl and tying silk together with a rolling 

 motion between thumb and finger, (this gives 

 strength to the herl), and carefully wind around 

 the shank of the hook, commencing at the 

 upper portion of the tinsel and wrapping up to 

 within one-quarter of an inch of the end of the 

 hook. Untwist the silk from the loose ends of the 

 herl, catch the latter with the plyers and let 

 them hang down ; then wind over the herl three 

 or four turns of the winding silk and cut off the 

 surplus herl close to the wrapping. 



Take the hackle which you have selected, by 



